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Windows 7: Drive Cloning help please

I have just installed and formatted, a new WD500GB SATA drive, now I would like to clone my current drive and O/S on to it. WD do a free cloning dowload but it says it supports xp and vista it doesn't say win 7, will it work or are there any other free cloning softwares out there that will work with win 7.

I have just installed and formatted, a new WD500GB SATA drive, now I would like to clone my current drive and O/S on to it. WD do a free cloning dowload but it says it supports xp and vista it doesn't say win 7, will it work or are there any other free cloning softwares out there that will work with win 7.

Clonezilla is open source (free) software and here is a tutorial on using it with 7:

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